in church history, an ecclesiastical book, used by the Greek church, containing the panegyrical orations of various authors, on the solemnities of Jesus Christ and the saints. It is found in MS. in most churches, but it is not the fame in all; each church having its particular saints; and the compilers of this kind of books usually suited their collections to the taste of their own devotion. They are disposed according to the order of the months, and frequently consist of 12 volumes, answering to the 12 months of the year.

Among the principal authors of this work are Athanasius, Cyril, Basil, Chrysostom, &c.